chest eagle color

[deadlift58]

i cant decide which color to do. im doing red rims on my shoulder pads. i was thinking of either a bone, yellowish/brown, or the black to grey

[cptphoenixck]

i cant decide which color to do. im doing red rims on my shoulder pads. i was thinking of either a bone, yellowish/brown, or the black to grey

bone probably looks best, but have you thought about something a little more ornate, it always annoys me how faceless regular marines are as in the fluff they're all highly individual, and their armour is always ornate..... *rant*

so yeh I paint mine gold, but if ou're not happy with it bone looks the best and is pretty easy to paint imho

[Red Fury]

I mix them up. Mostly bone, like 6-7 in a squad, with a couple in gold and even a black/grey one thrown in.

 

-Fury

[Rhodric]

I've done a few based in Tin Bronze (Think thats the GW name) with a highlight of Shining Gold. The rest are done using Bone White. Like Red Fury, most will be white. I've been using the Army Painter Medium Shade, so it really makes them stand out.

[Rybnick]

I prefer a more uniform look to my minis so for my angels encarmine so they all have a similar paint scheme. I've based the eagles in chaos black and then covered that with golden yellow. I haven't painted the skulls yet but I'm toying with making them either Skull white (seems appropriate...) or Bleached bone (also appropriate) I just haven't decided which I like best yet.

[Red Fury]

Skull white is too white. Do it bleached bone with a slight highlight with white, and a light brown wash like the sepia wash to bring out the details.

 

-Fury

[Rybnick]

THanks Red Fury that sounds like just what I'm wanting for them!

[Aarkon]

I went with a darker look to mine, I do them first in boltgun metal the wash that with badab black.

[cptphoenixck]

THanks Red Fury that sounds like just what I'm wanting for them!

p.s if you want a really cool polished bone effect put some gloss varnish in the wash

[deadlift58]

ill try a few different ones and see what works best with my red. if i can figure this interwebs thing out, ill try to post pictures

[Astorath the Grim]

I've done a few based in Tin Bronze (Think thats the GW name) with a highlight of Shining Gold. The rest are done using Bone White. Like Red Fury, most will be white. I've been using the Army Painter Medium Shade, so it really makes them stand out.

 

I'm planning on using the Army Painter strong shade myself, I'm thinking with the bone white chest emblems that should be rather nice